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The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season. And outside the sailing season, just bottom cleaning and perhaps anti-fouling painting once a year - a few hours of work, that's all.

The boat equipped with a masthead rig. The advantage of a masthead rig is its simplicity and the fact that a given sail area - compared with a fractional rig - can be carried lower and thus with less heeling moment.

The Davidson 29 is equipped with a fin keel. A boat with a fin keel is more manoeuvrable but has less directional stability than a similar boat with a full keel.

The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 1.83 - 1.93 meter (6.00 - 6.30 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

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This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Davidson 29 is 2.34, indicating that this boat would not be accepted to participate in ocean races.

What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?

The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 6.9 knots. The term "Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed" is widely used even though a boat can sail faster. The term shall be interpreted as above the theoretical speed a great additional power is necessary for a small gain in speed.

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Davidson 29 is about 183 kg/cm, alternatively 1029 lbs/inch. Meaning: if you load 183 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1029 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.

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Davidson 29

The davidson 29 is a 29.75ft masthead sloop designed by laurie davidson and built in fiberglass between 1994 and 1995., 2 units have been built..

The Davidson 29 is a light sailboat which is a high performer. It is stable / stiff and has a low righting capability if capsized. It is best suited as a racing boat.

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Davidson 28, Carpenter 29 vs Beneteau First 285

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By robinm , December 6, 2015 in MarineTalk

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My wife and I are about to buy our first boat, next weekend we are heading down to Picton and Nelson to take a look at a few boats:

Davidson 28 https://trademe.co.nz/986876224

Carpenter 29 https://trademe.co.nz/987692027

We're also taking a look at a few Lotus 9.2s and a Beneteau First 285 that the broker thinks is a must see.

Apart from the Carpenter 29 seeming a bit expensive compared to others on Trademe, I am quite keen on both this and the Davidson 28.

I would appreciate any advice on these boats for my family of 3 to use cruising around Wellington and the sounds. I'm aware I have a bias to NZ boats but am open minded, what I really want to know is how this Beneteau compares to these locally built boats?

Anything else we should checkout in our around 40-50k budget?

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Both the Davo and Carpenter are good boats

Davo less tweaky and more forgiving

Carpenter more room and quicker / more easier driven and better cockpit layout

Prices are about correct but everyone is negotiable or need to be in this market, just remember that there isn't such a thing as a cheap boat, they are both no more than a set of sails apart in price and good to see they have been repowered as that's worth about 15k, the standard of the Carpenter should by better if its in survey but then again may have also been driven like a rental.

But check out the Bene if your going, I think it will have heaps of room but they never intended them to be like the kiwi boats of that era and have nine lives

You may be surprised and I don't know a lot about the small ones.

I'm a little bias as we had a Carpenter for 5 years and had some good times with her.

Thanks Jon, really appreciate your input.

The carpenter's open transom and being a bit faster is good for all three of us, your point about costs makes a lot of sense. I've been on another boat owned by the same charter company, well looked after but definitely showing the wear and tear that you'd expect. Mind you, being sound and scruffy is more my style anyway!

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I'm also a little biased, based on previous experience and observations.

I've sailed on a Carpenter a few times, and they are excellent boats. I would have bought one years ago if it had been a possibility. Good layout too, nice and comfy. Probably the only displacement keelboat I've ever really liked, unless you count an NZ37.

The only D28 I've really noticed was one that raced in Whangarei, and was always near the back. It did seem to stand up in some pretty mean wind tho, so if time isn't crucial, could also be worth a look.

I've done a little sailing on a D28, many years back, great playing around in Wellington harbour is all sorts of breeze.  

Of the ones you mention I think the Lotus 9.2 would definitely be worth a look, the prices do seem to be coming down (balanced by the fact the rig/engine/sails are all getting older...) and they do seem to be very capable boats.  Especially if you are planning and going to and from the sounds

The Lotus 9.2 is the only one I've sailed on, is a great boat and probably the roomiest 30 footer there is. Other options? 30' or thereabouts was a popular size back in the 70s/80s.  Lidgard 29, Whiting 29, Chico 30, Townson 32/34, Stewart 34, Cav 32??  to name but a few............

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A friend of mine had a Bene 285 for a while, lots of room but more a motor sailer than the others is about the nicest thing I can say.

My pic would be the Carpenter 29 really nice boats and probably a step above the D28 which are also great boats. Lotus 9.2's are a bit heavier but bulletproof.

My pic the carpenter 29 hands down unless you can get stewart 34 then that would be the clear winner in every way. The d28 are good boats but a whole lot smaller than the Lotus or the c29. The c29 is probably the tenderiest of the lot but pick your days and tieds and go have a ball

Thanks everyone, sounds like the c29 is a favourite. Certainly my wife and daughter love the walk through transom (their number 1 requirement) and I'll enjoy the sailing. I'll let you know how it goes once I'm back from looking.

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Also worth looking at a lidgard 29 if there is one on the market, Probably quicker than the rest and fairly big downstairs. Walk through transom as well

What about a Young 88?  They are to essentially to a carpenter 29 what a carpenter 29 is to a D28...  Slightly faster, slightly roomier etc.  There are a couple on trademe for 30ish and plenty more within the price range of the carpenter linked to at the top.

88s under $40k

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-marine/yachts/keeler/auction-949306185.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-marine/yachts/keeler/auction-991508936.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-marine/yachts/keeler/auction-973682906.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-marine/yachts/keeler/auction-947375679.htm

a lot of bukh 10s in there

I've raced on Delinquent (the top one in erice's list) a few times with Leo when he first bought her. Agreed a fantastic boat, but personally I'd rather have a carpenter.  Maybe my memory is dodgy, but I felt Lollipop (Carpenter) was roomier.

That said, when considering everything, the prices, and the fact that you can have proper one design racing could certainly push the 88's into favour. 

I have heard (although second hand info, I have no real experience of it) that Y88's get blown around a bit without a fair chunk of crew weight on the rail. I've witnessed it also with a Farr 9.2.  Not something I ever felt in Delinquent, but she is slightly heavier than most.

Maybe someone with more knowledge than me can chime in and confirm or deny.

I guess it comes down to what suits the op's requirements best.

At the end of the day it's probably best to buy the tidyiest whiting/lidguard/carpenter/y88 you can find with the best gear for your money.

To me they're all a step up from a d28, so while the d28 linked to in the first post looks a good boat, it would have to be cheaper than the carpenter shown for me to go down that track.

As much as I'm biased towards the 88s - owning one myself, I can appreciate that the cheaper ones are let down by old engines etc compared to the carpenter in this thread. I wouldn't worry about an 88 being blown away in a breeze without crew compared to any of the others though - they always go well in the shorthanded ssanz racing through winter in some pretty windy conditions. And easy to reef or flatten the main so pretty manageable in most conditions.

Just browsing the forums and checking out the boats you're interested in, the Beneteau, I've never owned one but hands down the winner for layout and design. If you can get that for a price within your budget that would be a good boat for it's size. I've always had older bigger boats because that's what my budget allows and we like to cover distances but every time I go on board a modern yacht I'm blown away by the size and accommodation that's crammed into a small yacht. We lived and cruised on board an Alden 43 ketch for several years with kids and all the classic yacht stuff going on. We met a family of similar ages, as you do, they were on a 30 or so foot Beneteau . They had 3 separate cabins and 2 heads! And more besides. We go back to our 40ft classic yacht with all the row away value in the world and it makes you think would I swap?

The book talks about the Y88 as being an "outdoor boat" with a small waterline beam over 2 feet less that the L9.2 and a much bigger cockpit vs interior space. As we're really wanting a boat primarily for cruising and learning, the book had initially put me off. I wonder if the Y88 is just a bit more of a racer? The only way to find out is to take a look and compare I guess.

Performance is not something I totally want to discount, my wife is learning to sail (fast) and already she's smiling when we're close-hauled and considering putting in a reef....

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If it ever comes down to one final factor being the deciding factor, I'd go for a boat where the boom passes over your head if it happens to swing out of control. I've got an Easterly 30 and I'm small enough not to worry too much about the boom hitting me. I bought it only ever having owned a dinghy or two and an ss24; so it was my second keeler. I bought it as a safe, solid, forgiving boat but would probably go for something more sporty next time. I like the idea of an open transom which will dump a cockpit load of water quickly if you ship a wave.

I think you might be getting a bit of a mis direction with the 88, it sounds like you're new and want to take your wife and family sailing in cook straight to me ,and an 88 is pretty racy by comparison to those others. If you want to have someone stuck to a traveller the whole time and be really active about your sailing it might be a good idea, but from your earlier description of what you want to do, you might be disappointed or worse , your family might.

Not that I've got anything against Young boats , they are fantastic , my son is on one coming across the Tasman as we speak( a bit bigger).

Also consider their hull shape or any similar type boat , they're pencils in the bow with all their living/ accommodation well back in the boat. A boat with fuller sections forward will have a vast amount more room and a place to tuck the kids in out of the way and still have some quarter berth options up your sleeve.Consider this too, a fast light boat loaded for a months cruise suddenly isn't such a fast light boat anymore and will conform to normal 'hull speed ' rules.

I cruised next to and with a Davidson 28 for 20 years, families growing up, I have the utmost respect for them as a design and for a boat that acheives what it is intended to do. Nothing wrong with performance that a big headsail on a light day wont fix.

Carpenters have a great reputation but I've never sailed one . I expect they are faultless sailers.

And thats brings up another subject. Our kiwi boats are sorted for our conditions and often have what is needed for storage and tankage, some of those older bene's were just atrocious on the wind , underpowered and had very little storage and tanks. I'm thinking of one our friends looked after for a season and that thing was just awful.But I don't think it was a First, to be fair.

Lotus 9.2. a generation younger than the Davidson, giant volume for length, totally forgiving as a sailing yacht, perfect on the helm like every Wright I've ever been on and you know what, I raced on one in Pons. winter series for 7 or 10 years , those boats were performing fine against similar sized boats including the fractionals. One two handed back in the day we were caught with the number one on on a squall warning day ( well, what you gonna do?) After half the race with barely 8 knots of wind We got the squall, 40 knots easy and I remember feathering it through the gusts with that big headsail totally under control, still great helm , main dumped. Very good boats.

So I think they are a generation and a standard ahead of the Davidson so should be more expensive.Thinking back say 10 years, the Davidson used to be a 40 k boat and the Lotus an 80 K boat, so now the gap has closed vastly.

Having said that and as has been said already, everything you need for a boat costs a lot so inventory and what is needed to be done is worth a lot in monetary terms . A new motor or one with plenty of hours left is really important and the rest of the stuff, sails , rigging even cordage is money. A boat with all that done or up to standard is ahead.

With the Y88s you also pay for being in an active one-design class. Lots of people love that of course. But, if you're not going to race in that scene, do you want to pay for it?

John B, looks like your message box is full, I couldn't PM you. Thanks for excellent post on Carpenter Davidson thread. It was great for a relative newbie like me. If you're around Okahu Bay it would be good to say hello. 0226710335

I wanted to ask you how would you compare Easterly 30 and Davidson 28 and Nova 28?

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CRUISER-RACER CONFUSION: Scow Bow Revolution 29 and Gunboat G4 Capsize

This is something I ask myself quite often: can a modern truly cutting-edge high-performance racing sailboat also be a cruising boat? In certain ways, of course, the old ideal of the true cruiser-racer, per the glory days of the Cruising Club of America rating rule and boats such as Carleton Mitchell’s famous yawl Finisterre , evaporated many decades ago. Yet still it is an ideal that both boatbuilders and boat owners incessantly aspire to somehow realize in a modern context, and it is fascinating to watch how these aspirations manifest themselves. Take, for example, the Revolution 29 (see image up top), a new cruising design developed in France that is directly based on David Raison’s radical scow-bowed Mini 6.5 in which he won the Mini Transat in 2011.

Raison’s Mini was not just radical in appearance; it was radically fast and won the 2011 Transat by a large delta, setting a new course record in the process. This success was so significant that other important monohull racing classes—Open 60s, Class 40s, TP 52s—pretty quickly banned scow bows for fear their existing fleets would instantly be rendered obsolete. Development of the concept continues however within the Mini class, which has long been a leading hotbed of high-performance monohull sailing innovation.

David Raison arrives in Brazil aboard TeamWork Evolution in 2011 after crushing the rest of the Mini fleet

What’s interesting about the scow bow, of course, is that it is one of those few racing innovations that immediately and obviously has critical advantages in the cruising market. As in: if you make the bow of any boat much wider you have lots more space inside for accommodations.

Interior of the Revolution 29. A whole lot of space for a boat this small. Note there is also a predecessor design, the Revolution 22, more directly based on the 22-foot racing Mini

But putting a scow bow on a cruising boat obviously doesn’t instantly make it a “cruiser-racer.” What makes the scow bow super-competitive is that it facilitates a boat’s ability to plane, and the other key factor in that equation is always weight. Or rather the lack of it. Load up a boat with lots of furniture and gear and you will seriously inhibit its ability to plane regardless of what shape its bow is. As always, a certain balance must be achieved and compromises must be made.

To get an idea of what a competitive scow-bow boat looks like under sail, watch this viddy here of TeamWork Evolution drag-racing against a conventional Mini.

You should note in particular the boat’s insanely huge sail plan. Prototype Minis are renowned for these, and obviously the rig on any reasonable cruising boat would want to be quite a bit smaller. One question in my mind is whether you in fact need all the extra sail area to make the scow bow fast. Could it be that with more cruiser-sized sails the scow bow might actually be slower than a conventional bow?

The new G4 does its flying thing

Another question being openly discussed right now, thanks to Gunboat and its new G4 foiling catamaran , is whether foils make any sense on a “cruiser-racer.” As I mentioned in my previous post on the boat, it is the first fully foiling boat with any sort of accommodations, and Gunboat has been marketing it as a coastal cruiser-racer. And now in its racing debut at St. Bart’s the svelte little beast has capsized in dramatic fashion, which has prompted some forum trolls as well as a few otherwise polite people to wonder out loud how this could possibly be termed a cruising boat.

Wipe Out from Gunboat on Vimeo .

Watch the viddy here first and then ask yourself: did the boat capsize because it was foiling, or did it capsize because the crew was unable to release the mainsheet for some reason? To me it definitely looks like the latter and that this would have happened, given the issue with the sheet, to any performance cat whether it was airborne or not.

Actually in this image it looks like that helicopter might have been a precipitating cause

Gunboat CEO Peter Johnstone, post flip

So maybe we shouldn’t be focussing on the foils so much. After all, as I understand it the G4 was originally developed as a straight performance cat and the flying foils were added later in the process. Like the AC72s in the last America’s Cup go-round, the G4 wasn’t born a foiler, but evolved into one. Also, of course, it is perfectly obvious that the boat capsized because it was being raced and not cruised. The crew was pushing the boat to its limits, and just because it has a limit (like any boat) doesn’t mean it can’t be cruised. For example, I have a friend who once owned a heavy full-keeled Tayana 37 that was dismasted during a distance race because he declined to take his spinnaker down when conditions got strong. The spinnaker in a gust just pulled the mast right off the boat. Which obviously doesn’t mean you can’t go cruising in a Tayana 37.

I think the real question to ask is: is there a point at which a boat becomes too performance-oriented to really be termed a cruiser? Which really is just another way of asking: what exactly is a cruiser-racer?

Back in the days of Carleton Mitchell and the very conservative CCA rule it was a pretty simple concept. A cruiser-racer was a boat designed to cruise that you could also race, and basically all you had to do to do that was take a ton of crap off the boat and—if you were very serious—bend on different sails. Back in those salad days, that was all it took to be competitive at the highest levels of racing.

These days there are many more variations of the species. There is a vast universe of older boats racing mostly under the PHRF rule in local beer-can series that are very obviously cruising boats that are being raced just for fun. We have a few what I call “captive venues,” the best example being Swans, where there is a small universe of very active racing focussed usually around a brand, where an honest-to-God cruising boat can engage in some pretty serious racing with other cruising boats. We have fancy expensive “performance cruisers” with luxurious interiors that can be raced if desired with minimal changes to the boat (this is pretty much the category the larger Gunboat cats fall into). We have a few even more insanely expensive performance cruisers with wholly interchangeable interiors for both cruising and racing. (I have even seen boats with interchangeable keels!) We have various folding trimarans with cramped accommodations that can be raced in various events. We have families with small children cruising around the world in modified open-class ocean racers. We have “buckets” where enormous super-yachts, obviously designed for cruising in the most obscenely opulent sense of the term, can race against each other.

And on and on and on. The market for sailboats that can be both raced and cruised has become so complex and variegated it is impossible to say where it begins and ends.

Really the only advice I can give to help make sense of this spectrum is that the terms “cruiser-racer” and “racer-cruiser” should not be used interchangeably. Rather we should agree on two specific definitions. As in a cruiser-racer is a boat designed to cruise that can also be raced, and a racer-cruiser is a boat designed to race that can also be cruised.

The G4 I think is certainly a racer-cruiser, and perhaps to some it is an extreme example, but I for one would be very happy taking it out for a week’s worth of high-octane gunkholing.

IN OTHER DEVELOPMENTS: There’s some buzz on the Sailing Anarchy forums that the Gunboat 55 Rainmaker , abandoned after being dismasted back in January , has been spotted again, afloat, but with her coachroof torn away (remember, this is an open-bridgedeck boat, the roof is merely shelter). There’s even one guy claiming the boat has been towed in somewhere, but so far there’s no confirmation of this. I have heard confirmation of the boat’s being spotted, and of the damaged coachroof, from the boat’s designer Nigel Irens via third parties.

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The scow bow helps the boat surf, especially sailing off the wind. But how is it beating into steep seas?

@Damon: That is the question, for sure. Even if it’s still fast to windward, I bet it’s not exactly comfortable. One advantage of the shape is the waterline area is likely very symmetrical when the boat is heeled, but I guess the bow must pound something fierce.

I think the answer to your question is, yes.

This type of fast – cruising, would be different than what cruising has evolved into since the Finessterre days.

Today, cruising can mean a life choice/commitment of living for decades on a sailboat. The cruising sailboat that must serve as a home at sea has evolved into a complicated and commodious(and expensive), vessel.

To cruise in a high performance boats like you’ve posted, means going light. Backpacking as compared to RV-ing. The speed could be a whole new adventure and lure for younger sailors. But it will come at a cost of comfort and maybe will become less of a time commitment, as back packing is(not many backpack open-ended, for decades).

It appears less people today are jumping into the life choice cruising mantra of the 60’s and 70’s. Yet sailing is as popular as ever with young and old(around me).

I see this notion of a lighter, smaller, faster(cheaper), sailboat on a ‘sail’, as having appeal to a new generation of sailors my kids(and their friends) age, as they grow into a life(and the means), that includes sailing.

Speed is good and will take skill to tame(I love 4kts)!

I have cruised and raced my light, go fast boat for 25 years, loved every minute.

I am drawing a 42′ idea, 14′ beam, looking at 10-12 as a good speed for us elders (me 69, she 66). assy lee boards, unstayed rig, two winches, lots of hatches and deck openings. I built an Atkin Ingrid in 1969-74 and sailed her from San Fran to NZ. As a sailmaker who raced 5O5 at WC level for awhile, the slowness and poor performance upwind of that double ender shape was always tough to trade for some speed. not to mention low and wet. When i hitched a ride from Tahiti to Maui on a Cal 39 it really showed me how nice the speed could be for comfort as well. Better wave synch etc.

thirty years of windsurfing speed and early foiling tri’ experience (Longshot) leave a deep impression about how fast we can go… but 10-12 will do for this stage of my ocean travel dreams. plus, samantha isn’t comfortable with the whole concept yet. got to make it comfy. our Westsail 42 is growing on her, and she’s getting used to that scale of living aboard .

thus, i’d love to hear from anyone who has had some experience with these shapes in head seas. i’m right there with the french concept. so happy to let them find out these things before my paper becomes a boat.

bob johnstone sailed the grot baer across oceans. he probably wasn’t in a hurry. but he must have been comfy enough. if you are truly voyaging, and not sight seeing on a plan, you rarely need to go to weather. it’s a choice. you just have to be flexible about destination and time, no schedules. with today’s weather magic on the net there is even more choice of routing underway for comfort… as long as you are more about the voyage than the destination. obviously i approve of aimless wandering… and have a wife who loves the easy sailing, hates the other bit, and is willing to just be out there,

if that is what it takes to bring her on board happily, i’m on with it. it’s all a bunch of compromises, for senior citizens like us to be voyaging viable for another bunch of years, then end up in freemantle or perth with a nice liveaboard until you can’t get up/down/in/out, that suits us.

i expect our vessel will sail very well. a good compromise.

and that pounding thing. i see mushy pushing, throwing the spray off. the slab side forward when heeled? might that pound? i busted the bow bulkheads out of a ranger 37 pounding to weather. once. maybe mushing is better.

i really am imagining all of it more and more. hope to feel the water doing whatever it wants ASAP.

I was watching the wave action and the helmsman action. He did the right thing to release the main but it was not enough. Secondly the person responsible for the genoa sheet was pulling in when he should release. It does appear that the chopper is the culprit to give them dirty air washed down from the blades. Lastly why is it that not a single one was wearing lifejacket in this kind of boat. It is a different class of sailing and may not appeal to some mundane sailors but is it such fun to the adventurous types. Keep it up!

I think anyone who’s ever noticed the sink and wood trimmed mirror down below in a J 24 knows the Johnstone’s tendency to put accomodations into boats which aren’t really safe to cruise in.

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Beam:  6.3' © 2001-2024 ./)   . . ./)   . . Forum Listing Marketplace Advanced Search About The Boat Boat Review Forum SailNet is a forum community dedicated to Sailing enthusiasts. Come join the discussion about sailing, modifications, classifieds, troubleshooting, repairs, reviews, maintenance, and more! Davidson/Crown 18 Add to quote Has anyone out there sailed a Crown or Davidson 18?? They're a cute little tralerable swing keel sloop   This one? Looks like a reasonable trailerable boat. Is the trailer included? I learned to sail on a Davidson 16 centerboard sloop at a YMCA camp in Howe Sound in the late 60's. Different boat but forgiving and a lot of fun.   Attachments yep that's the one..seems like a good cross between a daysailor and a sheltered water cruiser I have a mutineer 15 - fun and adaptable (roller reefing and a reef on the main) And I just acquired a free 80s glass lightning in need of some serious trailer repair(new axle, beds etc) - which is basically a giant dinghy But something small with a couple of berths that can live on a trailer (no marina fees) would be more what I really want/afford. I'd like to cruise the gulf islands this summer I'm a stupid poor ^$^$@ musician but a dab hand a repair so generally I get things cheap and fix them up..this would humourously be a large expenditure for me   I sail the Gulf island in a cal 20 hot me up if you Wana talk about going sailing this summer 2023   I was just given a Davidson 18 in Vancouver. I have to go from here in Scatch in the spring to pick her up. It sounds like a perfect weekender for the size of waters we have here on the plains. I used to live in Ontario and I have had a lot of sailboats from a 7 ton motorsailer down to a twelve foot sailing dingy. This looks perfect to teach my Scatch wife how to sail.   bahaha This thread is 5 years old!! I just figured out what scatch means..I almost said, "don't talk about your wife that way!" I had a crown 18 for a bunch of months I had to replace about 75% of the bulkheads in her..whooee like grinding fiberglass in a coffin The ' Glory B' I think she was originally owned by a minister However once repaired she sailed like a giant dinghy, no worries as far as handling went and if you're not claustrophobic there's just room to sleep in the 'cabin' Easy to walk around on the foredeck and room to lie around Lot's of storage for camping trips and a big comfy cockpit A Trip To Dracula's Castle   Both of them are basically knockoffs of the Cal 20, albeit some of each with swing keels. Both well built - the Davidson might have the edge there since they were the manufacturers of the lifeboats for B.C. Ferries BITD.   The Crowns were built on Crown street in North Van. By fluke chance I met the son of the designer once while towing mine home. Yes they were little Cals with swing keels. I started this thread as I was considering buying one and now it's long gone. But that's not because it's a bad boat, another came along that was cuter. I remember I also had to re-plumb the cockpit drains and replace the through hull as it was a corroded gate valve that wasn't doing it's job anymore I think my boat was a special case as far as neglect went...   I owned one in about 1975-76. I sailed it mainly on English Bay and in the Burrard inlet, in British Columbia. Occasionally I would venture out into the straights of Georgia for day sails. .I kept it stored on it's trailer in the dry land marina in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighborhood, walking distance from our apartment. I saw it as a more compact version of a Cal 20. Minus all the gear for a spinnaker it was not a particularly fast boat. Headroom was not much to write home about below. You could get out of the weather there though for a sleep. There was lots of room below for your sail inventory, if you were day sailing, and it had a broad flat deck for everything you do on deck while sailing or anchoring . I owned a daysailer of the same maker prior to the D18 and it too was a competent utility for getting out on the bay under sail. My next boat was an old Rhodes 19 and I must say it was considerably faster, but again a day sailer with no escape space below. Davidson has since disappeared I enjoyed recreation on the bays and inlets sailing their D-18.   ?             176.1K members Top Contributors this Month Great choice! Your favorites are temporarily saved for this session. Sign in to save them permanently, access them on any device, and receive relevant alerts. Sailboat Guide Laurie Davidson Laurie Davidson is highly experienced in designing racing and cruising boats in many different styles and sizes. His designs are original and innovative. Among his most important creations is VOR 60 Djuice Dragons. He worked as principal designer for Team New Zealand in 1995 and 2000. While working with One World Challenge he collaborated with the designers Bruce Nelson and Phil Kaiko to develop the team¹s two IACC boats. Laurie Davidson, a New Zealand naval designer with a history of designing good-looking ocean racers that win. He has designed boats for serious racing efforts ranging from one-ton day racers to the New Zealand contender for the America’s Cup. 8 Sailboats designed by Laurie Davidson Cavalier 32 Davidson 28. Cavalier 28 Davidson 35 Cavalier 36 Davidson 29 Cavalier 45 PH About Sailboat Guide ©2024 Sea Time Tech, LLC This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. 336 IMAGES Davidson 29 AZZURA, 29.26 metre sailing yacht Leaving the Davidson 29 behind Chaser 29 Northern 29 is a 29′ 0″ / 8.8 m monohull sailboat designed by Sparkman Davidson 30 Stardancer COMMENTS DAVIDSON 29 DAVIDSON 29 Save to Favorites BOTH US IMPERIAL METRIC Sailboat Specifications Definitions Davidson 29 Davidson 29 is a 29′ 9″ / 9.1 m monohull sailboat designed by Laurie Davidson and built by First Cabin Marine between 1994 and 1995. Review of Davidson 29 Specifications and Review of Davidson 29 based on the boat's specifications and artificial intelligense. Davidson 29 The Davidson 29 is a 29.75ft masthead sloop designed by Laurie Davidson and built in fiberglass between 1994 and 1995. 2 units have been built. The Davidson 29 is a light sailboat which is a high performer. It is stable / stiff and has a low righting capability if capsized. It is best suited as a racing boat. Davidson 28, Carpenter 29 vs Beneteau First 285 Davidson 28 https://trademe.co.nz/986876224 Carpenter 29 https://trademe.co.nz/987692027 We're also taking a look at a few Lotus 9.2s and a Beneteau First 285 that the broker thinks is a must see. Apart from the Carpenter 29 seeming a bit expensive compared to others on Trademe, I am quite keen on both this and the Davidson 28. Pendragon on the market The only Davidson yacht in production is the Davidson 29, designed in 1990. Two boats racing and cruising are home ported in Seattle Washington, and Vancouver B.C.. Custom production at Center of Effort, sailboat shop, Port Townsend, Washington. [6] [7] Davidson 29 Sails for Sale Buy new custom sails for Davidson 29 sailboats. Browse through popular models and create your own custom mainsail or headsail online. Laurie Davidson (yacht designer) Laurie Davidson (yacht designer) Lawrence Karl Davidson CNZM (12 December 1926 - 4 October 2021) was a New Zealand sailing yacht designer. [ 1][ 2] He is most notable for his International America's Cup Class sailboats which successfully challenged and defended the America's Cup sailing trophy. Dimensions of Davidson 29 (phrf) DEFINITIONS J Distance perpendicular from foreside of mast line to the point of intersection of the forestay with deck. LP Distance perpendicular from the luff to the clew of the largest jib. SPL Spinnaker pole length G Spinnaker maximum girth luff to luff. Fold on center line, measure maximum width and multiply by two. I Height of foretriangle. Measured from deck sheer line abeam the mast to ... Laurie Davidson Designs, Sailing Boats by Dibley Marine Pendragon IV was so successful, that she was used as the bases for the then new TP52 Rule. She continues to race successfully in Coastal and offshore races including the Transpac, and feeder races into Mexico. Dibley Marine worked alongside Davidson in the creation of this fantastic design. Pendragon IV (USA 77000) and Pendragon VI (USA 7744) CRUISER-RACER CONFUSION: Scow Bow Revolution 29 and ... Interior of the Revolution 29. A whole lot of space for a boat this small. Note there is also a predecessor design, the Revolution 22, more directly based on the 22-foot racing Mini. But putting a scow bow on a cruising boat obviously doesn't instantly make it a "cruiser-racer.". What makes the scow bow super-competitive is that it ... Davidson 29 Pre-spec and custom mainsail, genoa and spinnaker halyards for your Davidson 29 Polyester and Dyneema lines for cruising and racing halyards. Full range of options. Davidson boats for sale in United States Find Davidson boats for sale in United States. Offering the best selection of Davidson boats to choose from. 1982 Davidson Deck Salon Sloop for sale Boat Details. Description. Laurie Davidson Designed - Bent Jespersen Built Deck Salon Cruising Yacht. Rarely, very rarely does a yacht like this become available on the market. There are special boats in this world, "Silver Cloud" is one of these boats. Conceived by her orginal owner as "The ultimate high performance 50' sailing yacht with a ... Davidson boats for sale Davidson Davidson is a yacht manufacturer that currently has 2 yachts for sale on YachtWorld, including 0 new vessels and 2 used yachts, listed by experienced yacht brokers and boat dealerships mainly in the following countries: United States. The selection of models featured on YachtWorld spans a spectrum of sizes and lengths, encompassing vessels measuring from 51 feet to 52 feet. Davidson 28 Davidson 28 is a 27′ 11″ / 8.5 m monohull sailboat designed by Laurie Davidson and built by Dave Blundell/Export Yachts (NZ) starting in 1975. Davidson sailboats for sale by owner. Davidson preowned sailboats for sale by owner. Davidson used sailboats for sale by owner. DAVIDSON 28 Amateur builders finished off nearly all DAVIDSON 28s. Later became the CAVALIER 28 (mostly built in Australia). Davidson/Crown 18 My next boat was an old Rhodes 19 and I must say it was considerably faster, but again a day sailer with no escape space below. Davidson has since disappeared I enjoyed recreation on the bays and inlets sailing their D-18. Laurie Davidson Laurie Davidson, a New Zealand naval designer with a history of designing good-looking ocean racers that win. He has designed boats for serious racing efforts ranging from one-ton day racers to the New Zealand contender for the America's Cup. 29ER 29ER Save to Favorites BOTH US IMPERIAL METRIC Sailboat Specifications Definitions Laurie Davidson Laurie Davidson, a New Zealand naval designer with a history of designing good-looking ocean racers that win. He has designed boats for serious racing efforts ranging from one-ton day racers to the New Zealand contender for the America's Cup. DAVIDSON 35 Dave Blundell, (builder of the DAVIDSON 28) built the first 10 in solid GRP, Export Yachts Ltd brought the molds and built the next 30 or so in GRP Balsa Core. Thanks to 'kestrahl' for providing information on this yacht. catamaran gulet motorboat powerboat riverboat sailboat trimaran yacht